Honeycut v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hou. W. A. Blackburn. The conviction in this case was for fraudulently disposing of mortgaged property, the penalty assessed being a term of two years in the penitentiary. The disposition of the appeal demands no statement of the facts proved.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
It is charged in the indictment that the defendant, with intent to defraud, sold and disposed of four bales of cotton, personal and movable property, upon which he had previously executed and delivered to one Staton a valid mortgage in writing, etc.
Upon its face the indictment is a good one. On the trial of the case the State offered and read in evidence, over the objections of defendant, a written mortgage executed by the defendant to said Staton, dated May 11, 1886. This mortgage describes the property mortgaged as a crop of cotton to be raised by defendant during the year…
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